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Lemuel
Francis Abbott
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Lemuel Francis
Abbot (c. 1760–5 December 1802) was an English
portrait painter, famous for his portrait of
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (currently
hanging in the Terracotta Room of number 10
Downing Street) and for those of other naval
officers and literary figures of the 18th
century.
Born in
Leicestershire in 1760 or 1761, to the clergyman
Lemuel Abbott and his wife Mary, he became in
1775 a pupil of Francis Hayman and lived in
London.
Although Abbott
exhibited at the Royal Academy, Abbott never
became an Academician.
He became insane
when he was about 40 and was attended by Dr
Thomas Munro (1759–1833), the chief physician to
Bethlem Hospital and a specialist in mental
disorders. Munro also treated the insanity of
King George III (1738–1820). Abbott died in
London on 5 December 1802. |
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A reproduction of
Lord Nelson, photographed in the studio before
framing |
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Rear-Admiral
Sir Horatio Nelson
1800
National Maritime Museum,
Greenwich, London 76.2 x 63.5cm
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Rear-Admiral
Sir Horatio Nelson
1800
National Maritime Museum,
Greenwich, London 76.2 x 63.5cm |
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Rear-Admiral
Sir Robert Calder 1797
National Maritime Museum,
Greenwich, London 762 x 635 mm |
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Captain John
Cooke
1797-1805 National Maritime Museum,
Greenwich, London 762 x 635 mm |
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Admiral
Alexander Hood 1795
National Maritime Museum,
Greenwich, London 1270 x 1016 mm |
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Admiral
Alexander Hood 1795
National Maritime Museum,
Greenwich, London 762 x 635 mm |
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Captain
William Locker
1795-1800 National Maritime Museum,
Greenwich, London 775 x 640 mm |
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Vice-Admiral
Sir Andrew Mitchell
1795-1803 National Maritime Museum,
Greenwich, London 762 x 635 mm |
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Sir Peter
Parker 1799
National Maritime Museum,
Greenwich, London 2413 x 1524 mm |
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Rear-Admiral
Sir Thomas Pasley 1795
National Maritime Museum,
Greenwich, London 765 x 638 mm |
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Admiral
Robert Roddam 1783
National Maritime Museum,
Greenwich, London 764 x 632 mm |